New York City Travel Forum

Hi New Yorkers,

This forum helps me so much to orientate and plan my first visit to NYC.
As i will be first time to Broadway, which shows will you recomend, i am travelling with 2 teenagers, so i will not have enough money to see more than 1,my hasitations are between Chicago, West Side Story and Jersey Boys, please advise what is appropriate for me and the teeners, we all love jazz and performance, we have read so much about the magic of Broadway
I would be happy, if we can taste the best of it,

thanks for your help

We are from Argentina, we`ll be arriving to NYC in May. Can someone hepl me and recomend me the better way to go from the airport to Midtown (that`s where we rent)
Also if you can give me some tips for my visit it would be greatful!!
Flor

I almost hesitate to ask but ... looking for cheap accommo in Manhattan for a single woman (42 yr) for a 4 or 5 night stay in late April or begining of May. Love the Pod Hotel but this is a bit out of my league this time with the GB pound so weak against the dollar so, can anyone recommend a decent hostel which has private rooms or affordable hotel. The reviews online are so contradictory. Main priority is it must be clean, in safe neighbourhood and preferably somewhere you can actually sleep (ie. not too noisy). Am I asking for the impossible?

Looked at the Candy Hostel on West 95th but bit put off by mixed reviews and very defensive responses from management to negative reviews. Hear Zip112 in Williamsburg is good but very booked up already.

Cheers

Sam

Hi,

Is it possible to rent bycicles and if yes where and at what price to expore Central park on a nice sunny day?

Hi Guys,

Can you advise live music bar, jazz/ salsa..etc.. close to Pennsylvania hotel with no cover. I would love to go out for a drink to a bar with nice music,dancing,but close to the hotel. Is it safe to go out alone around that area?
thanks for help

I am going to be staying in Radisson Martinique on Broadway. Is there a good place have breakface? or Is there a good bagle place near the hotel?

My friend and i will be reaching JFK on 22nd May 8pm and leaves on 27th 6pm. If we wanna tour NYC and also Niagara Falls. Is is possible to do it in 5 days?

We are on tight budget and also we need to know which hostel or motel to stay in NYC and also Niagara falls.

We tot of staying in Jersey cos is cheaper but is it feasible to travel to and fro NYC everyday?

Thanks for reading!

Hi Guys,

Can you advise live music bar, jazz salsa..ect close to Pennsylvania hotel with no cover. I would love to go out for a drink to a bar with nice music,dancing, but very close to the hotel. Is it safe to go out alone close to thta area?

Does anyone know how to buy rush ticket for Mama Mia? or cheap ticket for Mama Mia.

Background: Me 28 (was in NY for two weeks before), Himself 32. First holiday. Only staying 3 days due to work commitments but just wanted himself to see the place, give him a taste and he will want to go back!

Flying in to newark Friday 24th April at 11.15am. Fly out Monday 7pm approx back to Shannon. Few questions.

Continental: What are they like to fly with. Whats newark like to fly in and out of? Where do i go through immigrations, Shannon or Newark? Getting in at 11.15am what time should i book transport for.

Transport: have settled on booking a car serive, probably Dial7 (recommendations?), i know i can get public transport but i just don't want to after long flight.

Staying in Grand Hyatt. Anyone any personal experience? Choose it mainly due to it being beside Grand Central. Have a brother in Queens and be getting back late one night and be handy to just get the 7 straight there and also for convenience to get around city.

Going to get the unlimited subway pass 7 day one as heard no longer a three day one and paying by day seems almost as much as the 7 day one and i will pass it on to the brother when i leave, DP can pass his along to one of the brothers friends so won't go to waste.

I reckon the New York Pass would be beneficial. Even if just see the Empire State, Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island, TOTR, Madame Tussu...(cant spell sorry), Intrepid. Also gives the chance to budget, have it paid for before going so we know our spending money is just that "spending money".

Things i want to take him to see are. Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty (not stop at statue), Battery Park, South Sea port, Brooklyn Bridge (want to walk back that at night), Financial District, Chinatown (i know most of these well just wander through), Times Square. Now i adore times square, it was the first thing i saw after getting the 87 train in and i will never forget the awe as i came up out of the subway and want him to feel that. Walk 5th Ave, St Patricks, Rockefeller TOTR, Central Park. Oh and Intrepid

How i know thats a long for three days but it may just be doable but again won't be rushing about. If just get him to see the few "main" attractions i'll be happy and i know once get there will play it a lot by "feel". Can anyone recommend anything on there that you reckon i should see (not into musicals, or museums). Basically we just wanted a weekend away together and didn't really matter where but i just love NY.

Central Park. Last time i was there i went to central park four days and i still wasn't able to find my way around it and wonder could you recommend the nicest placest must see areas in there. Also i can't work out the subway to get there, say from Grand Central!.

FOOD!
He LOVES food. Nothing like chinese or indian but loves his steak and i'd love to know if theres any place you could recommend that do nice fajitas. Went to a place in Niagra Falls when i in Canada and i'll never forgot them.

BARS.
Any good irish bars you could recommend around where we are staying, or any kind of bars that would have 80's kind of music. Only bars i know in NY are out in Woodside.

Oh and whats the weather usually like in April.

thank you so much for any help. I think i might be back with loads more questions. I'm writing all my directions and places to go and how to get there down in a book lol. Probably waste of time cause when there before just kept hopping on and off subway and walking for miles then hop on again for a while and see where it took me etc.

I want to take the Staten Island Ferry as a means of seeing the views of The Statue Of Liberty and etc. When is the best time to do this? I don't want to go during the peak rush hours.
Thanks, Carol

I am looking for a reasonably priced hotel in a safe area for 2 women to stay. The Holiday Inn Exp NYC Madison Sq Garden is listed at $142 a night on Priceline.com It is close tp Penn Station.I think it is in the Chelsea Village area. Is this a safe area to be walking around in at night? Is the subway station close by this area safe?
Any other suggestions as to where to stay?
Thanks, Carol

We're going to New York in April and I'm looking for some info re tipping: when, where, to whom and how much? I know it differs a lot from ireland, thanks for all advice given :)

Hi,

Which is the cheapest and fastest way to reach Pennsilvania hotel from JK airport, and from Pennsilvania hotel to go to Newark airport, thanks

what is the best limousine service for a 3-4 hour tour of new york city

I need 2 tickets to see Wicked in August. I have never been to The Gershwin Theater and don't know where the best seats are. I have seen a layout of the theater but not ever being there, It is hard to tell. Can someone tell me what the top choice of seats would be and also where can I get discount tickets.
Thanks in advance,
Carol

I am chaperoning a group of kids who will be performing at Carnegie Hall on the 29th. We arrive on the 27th and they will spend most of their time in rehearsal or with some planned activities.When we have some free time I don't want to waste it talking about what to do or where to go.

We know we want to eat Pizza- New York style. Suggestions of someplace nearby?

We have one evening to ourselves and I found the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre which looks like a fun, inexpensive show for the kids. Do you agree?

Can we go to Chinatown safely? Everything I hear and read makes it sound a little dicey considering I have so many kids to keep an eye on. If you think its ok then can you suggest a good place to eat.

Any help as always is appreciated.

G'day,

We're planning a last minute trip to New York on a tight budget. We want to see New York, Niagara Fall and Disney World in Florida, all in about 14-16 days. My questions are:

- How many days as a tourist do we need in New York just to see the tourist sights like Central Park, Statue of Liberty, Times Square etc?

- Which is the best and cheapest way to get to Niagara Falls i.e bus, fly hire car? And how many days round trip back to New York will we need for this?

- And if we did about 3-4 days at Disney World (we don't expect to see the entire theme park) is it safe to drive from New York to Florida and if so which city/town is the best to stop at over night to break the trip up

Thanks

Lisa

We are travelling to NYC this summer with two children, 7 and 11, from Ontario, Canada. We are looking to rent an apartment and have the opportunity to stay in one on E 120th Street at 2nd. How is this area in terms of safety? Do you have other suggestions for finding alternatives?

Thanks

Ross

Hi:
We are visiting New York at the end of April. We will be staying in a hotel on the 62nd Street - Does anyone knows some good and affordable restaurants in this area? What about affordable atractions, things to see and do? When I see the tours that are being offered on the internet and atractions I am shocked with the level of prices? I am afraid to come back to Europe completely bankrupted!!!

Waiting for some tips.

Regards

Is this true there are trips with free transportation for one day in Atlantic City?

Hi, I am going to NYC next June. I'd like to have suggestions about books by authors born or living there or about the city itsself. I mean fiction or novels, not a travel guide. (Besides Paul Auster's Trilogy). Many Thanks to everybody

Hi guys,

I am coming to your great city in April, i hope for sunshine and great time.
Together with the must of seeing a broadway show i would love to go to a jazz club in Manhatten. Can you advise for jazz clubs close to Colombus Circle, are there such with free admision, i am tarvelling with teenagers 13 and 16, can i enter a club together with them, is there somewahre they play jazz in early/late afternoon or evening, but not at night...etc, all recommendations refering Jazz are welcome.
Thanks for your time, helping me with info.
Snej

I stayed in the Holiday Inn Express 5th Ave a few years ago and had a really good experience - good location, free breakfast, reasonable price, close to Times Square but quiet rooms etc. I'm going back to NY at the start of May and at the minute I have a room booked in the new Fairfield Inn Times Square South. When I originally booked, the Fairfield Inn was way cheaper than the Hol Inn but Hol Inn have now reduced their price to only $10 per night more than the Fairfield Inn. Does anyone have any experience of the Fairfield Inn? It's pretty new and I haven't had much luck finding reviews. Which one would you choose - I think the Hol Inn 5th Avenue might have a slightly nicer location, especially as I'll be with my Mum?

Thanks in advance :)

Dear friends,

Can you suggest me some cheap places to stay in NYC?
Hostels or B&B, anything like that.

Thanx a lot!!!!


Cheers,
Dusan

Hi guys,

Me and my mate want to go to Niagara falls and then straight onto Toronto. We are on a VERY tight budget, so this is likely to be by bus. Can you guys recommend any bus company that would allow this kind of schedule. Ideally, we'd like to leave at night from NY so that we arrive at Niagara FAlls in the morning. Then we could spend the majority of the day at the falls and then bus to Toronto in the late afternoon. After staying in Toronto for a few days, we would have to bus back to NY. This seemed like a good idea to us because we can sleep on the bus and not have to waste the day travelling on the bus and would have plenty of time at the falls (we probably cannot afford to stay overnight at Niagara). I realise that this is probably asking too much, but is this plan at all possible?

Is the opposite route possible? Where we would travel straight from NY to toronto, and then visit niagara falls on the way back when going from Toronto to NY?

Thanks so much in advance. I really hope you can lend me some advice. By the way, you guys do an amazing job helping others plan their trips!

Hi...
I'm heading to New York for a week next week...plenty paddy pints!!
While over there i want to pay a few visits to some fishing tackle shops for some bargains and need to pick up a few electrical elements!

Can people advise me of the largest fishing tackle shops in New York available to me? Can people also advise me of where i can purchase some home audio "Xantech" bits and pieces while over there also.

Web links would be much appreciated. thanks.

Barry

Can anyway tell me the cheapest way to get from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Newark Airport? I am hoping for an alternative to a taxi.

Hi! I am planning on coming out to New York (Manhattan) in a couple of days and was wondering if the weather there in the city is conducive to jogging? Just recreational jogging, but like around Central Park etc.

I know the weather is about 5 degrees Celcius during the days, but I wanted to hear from someone in the city, esp after the storm last week. :)

Many thanks for your help!

Hi

I want to organise a limousine transfer from JFK to Manhattan as a wedding present for a friend. Does anyone know of any companies I can do this through?

Thanks